Friday, 16 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
After witnessing violations of Covid-19 guidelines at various tourist spots, the Dehradun district administration has started taking stringent actions against the offenders. Besides penalising people in tourist spots, the administration has also started penalising people in other cities of the district too. In the past four days, various teams of the administration have penalised about 1,000 people across the district.
According to the district magistrate Ashish Kumar Srivastava, it is crucial to stay cautious and for both the locals as well as tourists to observe Covid guidelines in all places. The DM has directed the sub divisional magistrates (SDMs) to run intensive checking campaigns across the district to check the following of Covid norms. He has instructed the teams to especially check the places like marketplaces, railway stations, bus stations and popular tourist destinations on a regular basis where people tend to violate the covid norms the most. Srivastava even directed the officials concerned to use loudspeakers or any other means to raise public awareness and issue warnings for the offenders.
During the past four days, the teams of administration have imposed penalties in areas like Chakrata, Kalsi, Tyuni, Vikasnagar, Doiwala, Dehradun city, Rishikesh and Mussoorie. Till now, the teams of the administration have fined about 400 people in Dehradun city and around 70 people in Rishikesh and Mussoorie each. Besides this, about 100 people have been fined in Chakrata, Kalsi and Tyuni area and over 45 people were penalised in Doiwala.
Srivastava asserted that the administration will continue to raise awareness across the districts besides taking action against the offenders as the risk of Covid contagion has not vanished yet. He also appealed to the public to speak against people who do not follow Covid norms and ask them to wear masks properly and maintain physical distancing in public places as according to the DM, the public involvement and contribution in the implementation of the issued guidelines is the most important factor in reducing Covid scare.
